Soko-Ban

| Main Game

Genres:

Puzzle

Perspective:

Bird view / Isometric

Game modes:

Single player

Multiplayer

Released on:

01/12/1982

Platforms:

SG-1000

PC-8800 Series

Commodore C64/128/MAX

Sharp X1

TRS-80 Color Computer

DOS

Apple II

TRS-80

FM-7

NEC PC-6000 Series

MSX

Involved Companies:

Thinking Rabbit

Developer

Spectrum HoloByte, Inc.

Publisher

Thinking Rabbit

Developer

Publisher

Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Publisher

ASCII Corporation

Publisher

Summary

Sokoban ("warehouse keeper") is a is a classic puzzle game created in 1981 by Hiroyuki Imabayashi, and published in 1982 by Thinking Rabbit, a software house based in Takarazuka, Japan. In 1984 the ASCII Corporation published a version produced by Khaled Bentebal. It was the basis of numerous clones in the later years. It is set in a warehouse. On each level, the player must push crates (from square to square) to get them onto designated spots; once each crate is on a marked spot, the level is complete. Crates can only be pushed one at a time (so two crates next to each other cannot be pushed together), and cannot be pulled--so it's possible to get a crate stuck in a corner, where it cannot be retrieved! By the last levels, you must plan 40 steps in advance.